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Preferred Bank (PFBC)

Financial Services | Banks - Regional | Los Angeles, United States | NasdaqGS
101.99 USD -0.57 (-0.556%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 101.99

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★★★⯪
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:32 a.m. EDT

Preferred Bank presents a compelling value case where the long-term investment thesis is robust despite short-term technical weakness. The company trades at a low multiple relative to its earnings while generating a superior return on equity, supported by a clean balance sheet and improving credit metrics. While the stock has dipped below its fifty-day average recently, the multi-year price trajectory remains strongly positive with no signs of structural decline. Options activity confirms a bullish sentiment among traders, who are accumulating calls rather than hedges. The dividend is attractive and sustainable, offering income alongside capital appreciation potential. Investors should view the current price dip as a discount to the underlying business quality rather than a reason to avoid the name.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.016474
AutoETS0.016474
MSTL0.018446
AutoTheta0.027817

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 57%
H-stat 1.39
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.692
Excess Kurtosis -0.51
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-04
Last Dividend Date 2026-10-04
Revenue per Share 23.624
Market Cap 1,208,899,328
Trailing P/E 9.51
Forward P/E 9.20
Beta 0.57
Profit Margins 47.25%
Website https://www.preferredbank.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 11:32 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for upside with call open interest significantly exceeding put open interest. The implied volatility skew shows a stark contrast, with call IV at 53% versus negligible put IV at 2%, indicating a lack of fear regarding downside risk and a speculative tilt toward gains.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.76% 3.24% 3.52% 3.33%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-10-05 0.800000 0.760239
2026-07-07 0.800000 0.760312
2026-04-07 0.800000 0.875465
2026-01-06 0.800000 0.840866
2025-10-07 0.750000 0.829830
2025-07-08 0.750000 0.818241
2025-04-07 0.750000 0.995751
2025-01-10 0.750000 0.921150
2024-10-07 0.700000 0.877193
2024-07-05 0.700000 0.958904
2024-04-04 0.700000 0.939723
2024-01-05 0.700000 0.980804
2023-10-05 0.550000 0.874404
2023-07-06 0.550000 0.995655
2023-04-05 0.550000 1.051223
2023-01-05 0.550000 0.772147
2022-10-06 0.430000 0.640930
2022-07-06 0.430000 0.620759
2022-04-06 0.430000 0.605634
2022-01-06 0.430000 0.550365
2021-10-06 0.380000 0.555393
2021-07-06 0.380000 0.621931
2021-04-06 0.380000 0.581040
2021-01-06 0.300000 0.574493
2020-10-06 0.300000 0.894454
2020-07-06 0.300000 0.741473
2020-04-06 0.300000 0.931099
2020-01-06 0.300000 0.505817
2019-10-04 0.300000 0.568720
2019-07-05 0.300000 0.626697
2019-04-05 0.300000 0.636132
2019-01-07 0.300000 0.668449
2018-10-04 0.250000 0.416250
2018-07-05 0.250000 0.364325
2018-04-06 0.220000 0.348653
2018-01-05 0.220000 0.366606
2017-10-05 0.200000 0.339616
2017-07-05 0.200000 0.367647
2017-04-05 0.180000 0.354122
2017-01-04 0.180000 0.348702
2016-10-05 0.150000 0.423490
2016-07-05 0.150000 0.503018
2016-04-05 0.150000 0.515287
2016-01-05 0.150000 0.459277
2015-10-02 0.120000 0.386598
2015-07-02 0.120000 0.401606
2015-04-02 0.120000 0.418264
2015-01-02 0.100000 0.374392
2014-10-02 0.100000 0.422297
2009-02-10 0.400000 1.234568
2008-11-06 0.500000 1.440922
2008-08-01 0.500000 1.333333
2008-05-02 0.500000 0.877963
2008-02-01 0.850000 0.758929
2007-11-02 0.850000 0.626613
2007-08-03 0.850000 0.449379
2007-05-04 0.850000 0.453696
2007-02-16 0.566667 0.266249
2006-11-03 0.666667 0.350079
2006-08-03 0.666667 0.348736
2006-05-04 0.666667 0.391773
2006-02-08 0.666667 0.415974
2005-10-31 0.566667 0.397196
2005-07-28 0.566667 0.404859
2005-04-25 0.500000 0.397246
2005-01-28 0.500000 0.681818
2004-04-28 2.000000 2.727273
2003-04-29 0.800000 1.411765
2002-04-26 1.266667 2.666667
2001-05-23 1.266667 2.666667
Additional Data
dividendYield 3.12
exDividendDate 2026-10-05
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.15
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.03071373
lastDividendValue 0.8
lastDividendDate 2026-10-05
dividendDate 2026-10-19

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.15054965
Address1 601 South Figueroa Street
Address2 48th and 47th Floors
All Time High 224.2
All Time Low 5.9
Ask 130.3
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 111,670
Average Daily Volume3 Month 123,715
Average Volume 123,715
Average Volume10Days 111,670
Beta 0.565
Bid 74.35
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 9
Book Value 66.947
City Los Angeles
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 101.99
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 102.81
Day Low 100.78
Dividend Date 1,792,368,000
Dividend Yield 3.12
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,792,785,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,792,785,600
Earnings Growth 0.082
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.021
Earnings Timestamp 1,792,758,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,758,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,758,600
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue 2.795
Enterprise Value 801,199,296
Eps Current Year 10.76333
Eps Forward 11.08167
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 10.72
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,791,158,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 105.0166
Fifty Day Average Change -3.0266037
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.02882024
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 15.054965
Fifty Two Week High 112.26
Fifty Two Week High Change -10.270004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.09148409
Fifty Two Week Low 81.5
Fifty Two Week Low Change 20.489998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.25141102
Fifty Two Week Range 81.5 - 112.26
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 935,069,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.93
Float Shares 10,898,348
Forward Eps 11.08167
Forward P E 9.203486
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 324
Fullday Change -0.5699997
Fullday Change Percent -0.55577195
Fullday Price 101.99
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 286,640,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.07925
Held Percent Institutions 0.89828
Implied Shares Outstanding 11,853,116
Industry Banks - Regional
Industry Disp Banks - Regional
Industry Key banks-regional
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,791,158,400
Last Dividend Value 0.8
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,308,528,000
Last Split Factor 1:5
Long Business Summary Preferred Bank provides various banking products and services to small and mid-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate developers, professionals, and high net worth individuals. The company accepts checking, savings, and money market deposit accounts; fixed-rate and fixed maturity retail, and non-retail certificates of deposit; and individual retirement accounts. It also provides real estate mortgage loans that are secured by retail, industrial, office, special purpose, and residential single and multi-family properties; real estate construction loans; commercial loans, including lines of credit for working capital, term loans for capital expenditures, and commercial and stand-by letters of credit; and small business administration loans for business purposes, such as owner-occupied commercial real estate, business acquisitions, start-ups, franchise financing, working capital, improvements and renovations, inventory and equipment, and debt-refinancing. In addition, the company offers trade finance services, including commercial and export letters of credit, import lines of credit, documentary collections, international wire transfers, acceptances/trust receipt financing, export financing, and bills purchase programs. Further, it provides cash management services; and internet, mobile, and tablet banking services. The company was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Long Name Preferred Bank
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,208,899,328
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_3175915
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 135,444,992
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,260,460,355
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 101.41
Operating Cashflow 171,912,000
Operating Margins 0.67442
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.35909998
Peg Ratio 0.94
Phone 213 891 1188
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 101.99
Post Market Time 1,792,008,065
Previous Close 102.56
Price Eps Current Year 9.475692
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5234439
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 4.217483
Profit Margins 0.47252998
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.5
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.5699997
Regular Market Change Percent -0.55577195
Regular Market Day High 102.81
Regular Market Day Low 100.78
Regular Market Day Range 100.78 - 102.81
Regular Market Open 101.41
Regular Market Previous Close 102.56
Regular Market Price 101.99
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,001
Regular Market Volume 87,732
Return On Assets 0.01805
Return On Equity 0.17577
Revenue Growth 0.047
Revenue Per Share 23.624
Sand P52 Week Change 0.17004645
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 11,853,116
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.113400005
Shares Short 1,344,593
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,221,961
Short Name Preferred Bank
Short Percent Of Float 0.1313
Short Ratio 7.97
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol PFBC
Target High Price 120.0
Target Low Price 110.0
Target Mean Price 114.4
Target Median Price 111.0
Total Cash 789,820,032
Total Cash Per Share 66.634
Total Debt 382,120,000
Total Revenue 286,640,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.15
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.03071373
Trailing Eps 10.72
Trailing P E 9.513992
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 97.7481
Two Hundred Day Average Change 4.2418976
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.043396216
Type Disp Equity
Volume 87,732
Website https://www.preferredbank.com
Zip 90,017